Emergency Closing Information
 
 

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PRESS RELEASE
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School District 149
292 Torrence Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409-1941
Contact:           Traci Brown, Superintendent
Phone:             (708) 868-8300
FAX:               (708) 868-9412
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          JANUARY 06, 2005
 
 

EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSINGS

IN THE EVENT THAT DOLTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 149 FINDS IT NECESSARY TO
CLOSE ITS SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, EVERY
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO INFORM STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF AS EARLY
AS POSSIBLE IN ADVANCE OF THE CLOSING.  THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS COMPRISE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 149: BERGER-VANDENBERG AND DIEKMAN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN DOLTON; NEW BEGINNINGS LEARNING ACADEMY IN SOUTH HOLLAND; AND THE CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN AND CAROLINE SIBLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DIRKSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATED IN CALUMET CITY.

A LOCAL RADIO STATION WJOB (HAMMOND-1230 AM) AND WONU/SHINE (89.7
FM) WILL BE NOTIFIED DIRECTLY OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS AT 7:00 A.M. OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL ALSO BE RELAYED TO
THE FOLLOWING CHICAGO RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS VIA A
CENTRALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST: WGN, 720 AM;
WBBM, 780 AM; AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING TV STATIONS, CBS CHANNEL 2;
NBC CHANNEL 5; ABC CHANNEL 7; WGN CHANNEL 9; FOX 32 - WFLD-TV;
AND CLTV NEWS.  ANOUNCEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE VIA CONTACT WITH
THE NEW CITY NEWS SERVICE WHO WILL NOTIFY THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA OF
SCHOOL CLOSINGS

PARENTS ARE REQUESTED TO LISTEN TO THE STATIONS LISTED ABOVE RATHER THAN CALLING THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.